Proverbs 25:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

These are also parables of Solomon, which the men of Ezekia king of Iuda copied out.

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  • Prov 1:1 : 1 The prouerbes of Solomon the sonne of Dauid, kyng of Israel:
  • 1 Kgs 4:32 : 32 And Solomon spake three thousande prouerbes: And his songes were a thousande and fiue.
  • Prov 10:1 : 1 A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but an vndiscrete sonne is an heauinesse vnto his mother.
  • Eccl 12:9 : 9 The preacher was yet more wyse, and taught the people knowledge, he gaue good heede, sought out the ground, and set foorth many parables:
  • Isa 1:1 : 1 The vision of Esai ye sonne of Amos, which he sawe vpon Iuda and Hierusalem, in the dayes of Uzia & Ioathan, Ahaz and Iehezekiah, kinges of Iuda.
  • Isa 36:22 : 22 So came Eliakim Helkias sonne the chiefe ouer the householde, Sobna the scribe, and Ioah Asaphes sonne the secratarie vnto Hezekia with rent clothes, and tolde hym the wordes of Rabsakeh.
  • Isa 37:2 : 2 But he sent Eliakim the chiefe ouer the householde, Sobna the scribe, with the eldest priestes clothed in sacke, vnto the prophete Esai the sonne of Amos,
  • Hos 1:1 : 1 The worde of the Lorde came vnto Osea the sonne of Beeri, in the dayes of Ozea, Ioathan, Ahas, and Hezekias, kynges of Iuda, and in the tyme of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioas kyng of Israel.
  • Mic 1:1 : 1 The worde of the Lorde came vnto Micheas the Morasthite, in the dayes of Iotham, Ahas, & Hezekiah, kinges of Iuda, which he sawe concerning Samaria and Hierusalem.

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  • Prov 25:2-3
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    2It is the glory of God to kepe a thing secrete: but the kynges honour is to searche out a thing.

    3The heauen is hye, the earth is deepe: and the kinges heart is vnsearcheable.

  • Prov 1:1-2
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    1The prouerbes of Solomon the sonne of Dauid, kyng of Israel:

    2To learne wisdome and instruction, & to perceaue the wordes of vnderstandyng,

  • 32The rest of the deedes of Hezekia, and his goodnes, beholde they are written in the vision of Esai the prophet the sonne of Amoz, in the booke of the kinges of Iuda and Israel.

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    22And king Solomon passed all the kinges of the earth, in richesse & wysedome.

    23And all the kinges of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to heare his wysedome that God had put in his heart.

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    23And so king Solomon exceeded al the kinges of the earth both in ryches and wysdome.

    24And all the worlde resorted to Solomon, to heare his wysdome which God had put in his heart:

  • 1The wordes of the preacher ye sonne of Dauid kyng of Hierusalem.

  • 9A thankesgeuyng which Hezekia kyng of Iuda wrote, when he had ben sicke and was recouered.

  • 14And Isai the prophete came vnto king Hezekia, and sayd vnto him: What sayde these men? and from wence came they to thee? And Hezekia sayde: They be come from a farre countrey, euen from Babylon.

  • 1The Ballet of Ballettes of Solomon, called in Latin,

  • Isa 39:2-5
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    2And Hezekia was glad therof, and shewed them the house of his treasures of siluer and golde, of spices, and rootes, of precious oyles, & all that was in his cubbordes and treasure houses: there was not one thyng in Hezekias house, and so throughout all his kyngdome, but he let them see it.

    3Then came Esai the prophete to king Hezekia, and sayde vnto hym: What haue the men sayde, and from whence came they vnto thee? Hezekia aunswered, They came out of a farre countrey vnto me, out of Babylon.

    4Esai sayde, What haue they loked vpon in thy house? Hezekia aunswered, All that is in my house haue they seene, and there is nothyng in my treasure but I shewed it them.

    5Then sayde Esai vnto Hezekia: Understande the worde of the Lorde of hoastes:

  • 20The remnaunt of the wordes that concerne Hezekia, and all his power, and howe he made a poole and a conduite, & brought water into the citie, are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Iuda?

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    31For he was wiser then al men, yea then Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda the sonnes of Mahol: And his name was spoken of throughout all nations on euery syde.

    32And Solomon spake three thousande prouerbes: And his songes were a thousande and fiue.

    33And he spake of trees, euen from the Cedar tree that groweth in Libanon, vnto the Isope that springeth out of the wall: He spake also of beastes, of foules, of wormes, and of fishes.

    34And there came of all nations to heare the wysdome of Solomon, and from all kinges of the earth, which had heard of his wysdome.

  • 41The rest of the wordes that concerne Solomon, and all that he dyd, and his wysdome, are they not written in the booke of the wordes of Solomon?

  • Eccl 1:12-13
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    12I my selfe the preacher was kyng of Israel at Hierusalem,

    13And dyd applie my mynde to seke out & searche for knowledge of all thynges that are done vnder heauen: Such trauayle and labour hath God geuen vnto the children of men, to exercise them selues therin.

  • 12Wysedome and knowledge is graunted vnto thee, and I will geue thee treasure, & riches, and glory: so that among the kinges that haue ben before thee, or after thee, none was or shalbe lyke thee.

  • 9The preacher was yet more wyse, and taught the people knowledge, he gaue good heede, sought out the ground, and set foorth many parables:

  • 18Which wyse men haue tolde, and haue not hid that which they receaued from theyr fathers:

  • 26The rest of his actes, and his workes first and last, beholde they are written in the booke of the kinges of Iuda and Israel.

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    26Notwithstanding Hezekia submitted him selfe after that his heart was risen vp, he and the inhabiters of Hierusalem: and the wrath of the Lorde came not vpon them in the dayes of Hezekia.

    27And Hezekia had exceeding much riches and honour: And he gat him treasures of siluer and gold, pretious stones, and spices, shieldes, and of all maner pleasaunt iewels:

  • 5So the seruauntes of the kyng Hezekia came to Esai,

  • 1And the prophecie that the same man spake vnto Ithiel, euen vnto Ithiel and Uchal.

  • 16And Isai sayde vnto Hezekia: Heare the word of the Lord,

  • 7And it came to passe, when Hiram heard ye wordes of Solomo, he reioysed greatly, & said: Blessed be the Lord this day, which hath geuen vnto Dauid a wyse sonne ouer this mightie people.

  • 23A discrete man doth hyde knowledge: but the heart of fooles blabbeth out foolishnesse.

  • 13This wysdome haue I seene also vnder the sunne, and me thought it a great thing:

  • 17Ater, Hizciiah, Azur,

  • 27And his sayinges first and last, behold they are written in the booke of the kinges of Israel and Iuda.

  • 19The rest of the wordes that concerne Ahaz what he did, are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Iuda?

  • Prov 1:5-6
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    5The wise man wyll geue eare, and wyll come by more wisdome, and he that is endued with vnderstanding shal attayne vnto wise counsayles.

    6To vnderstande a parable, and the interpretation therof, the wordes of the wise, and their darke speaches.

  • 30This same Hezekia stopped the vpper water springes of Gihon, and brought them downe to the west side of the citie of Dauid: And Hezekia prospered in all his workes.

  • 4And the queene of Saba considered al Solomons wysdome, & the house that he had buylded,

  • 25I applied my minde also vnto knowledge, and to seeke and searche out science, wysdome, and vnderstanding, to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the errour of doting fooles.

  • 15And Hezekia prayed vnto the Lorde on this maner.

  • 15And the king made siluer and golde at Hierusalem as plenteous as stones, and Cedar trees made he as plentie as the Mulbery trees that growe in the valleyes.

  • 5So the seruauntes of king Hezekia came to Isai.

  • 26And as for the king of Iuda which sent you to enquire of the Lord, so shal ye say vnto him: thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel, concerning the wordes whiche thou hast hearde.

  • 1To the chiefe musition (on the instrument) Sosannim (to be song of the) children of Corach. A song of loue, geuyng wise instructions. My heart is endityng of a good matter: I wyll dedicate my workes vnto the king, my tongue is as the penne of a redy writer.